I thought the original Jan Spears was my least favorite DOOL character/actor until Heather Lindell stepped in, then I was begging for them to bring her back.

Martha Madison as Michelle Bauer? WTF? That would be... awful. I don't think she'd be too young, though. No offense to Nancy St. Alban, but they went way overboard in SORASing Michelle when they cast her (Rebecca Budig, whom I like a lot, was also way too old for Michelle, and she's 3 years younger than Alban!). Bethany Joey-Whatsiz was actually even younger than the original young-ish Michelle, Rachel Miner. Anyway, they could easily cast an early thirtysomething as Michelle, but MM would be all wrong, IMO. Honestly, I could see her portraying Michelle as dour, petulant, whiny, and frigid, just like her Belle (*ducks for cover*).